ADDIS ABABA, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — The Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative is a golden opportunity to bring about regional integration and sustainable economic growth for Africa, said Berhane Gebre-Christos, special envoy of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, on Tuesday. The special envoy made the remarks at the opening of a seminar organized on the B&R […]

LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) — The Labour party is likely to do badly in local elections across the country before general elections on June 8, experts said Tuesday. A series of local elections will be held on May 4 using a variety of electoral systems. Campaigning for those elections, part of a scheduled pattern, began […]

ANKARA, April 26 (Xinhua) — More than 1,000 people were arrested over links to the Gulenist Group in simultaneous raids across Turkey on Wednesday, said Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. The operations were carried out as part of a probe led by chief public prosecutor’s office in Ankara, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. A total of […]

COLOMBO, April 26 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it was confident of regaining key EU trade concessions known as the GSP plus despite concerns raised by a few members of the European Parliament. Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha De Silva in a statement said he had met with several members of the European Parliament […]

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — A federal judge Tuesday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump can not coerce “sanctuary cities” to cooperate with immigration officers by withdrawing federal funds. The temporary ruling by Judge William Orrick, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, followed a 70-minute hearing on April 14 […]

SEOUL, April 26 (NsNewsWire) — A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Tuesday arrived at the southern port of Busan, South Korea, amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula, YTN television reported. The USS Michigan guided-missile submarine has already arrived at Busan, the South Korean military was quoted as saying. The broadcaster did not elaborate on the exact […]

ANKARA, April 26 (Xinhua) — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted on Tuesday to reopen its monitoring procedure against Turkey, a decision that can potentially jeopardize Turkey’s European Union bid amid deteriorating relations between Ankara and Brussels. Ankara immediately reacted to the decision, announcing that “such a decision leaves no choice […]